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Canada's Food Guide
Minerals and Vitamins
Fast Food
Food Facts
Macronutrients
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According to Canada's Food Guide...approximately how much of your plate should be fruits and vegetables?

What is half the plate or 50%?

100
This is the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
What is eating?
100
The is the favourite fast food of North Americans.
What are hamburgers?
100
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
What is a fruit?
100

Many people immediately think of bread, pasta, rice and potatoes when someone says this macronutrient.

What are carbohydrates?

200

This vital life resource is what Canadians are recommended to drink

What is water? (H20).

200
Milk is the best dietary source of this mineral.
What is Calcium?
200
This practice of offering extra large portions has increased the calories provided by restaurant food over the past two decades.
What is Super-Sizing?
200
The province of PEI is most famous for what food.
What are potatoes?
200

This type of fat is considered the worst for our bodies.

What are trans fats?

300

Along with following Canada's food guide...this activity aids in overall health and wellbeing. 

What is physical activity?

300
In the past, this vitamin was missing in the sailor’s diet?
What is Vitamin C?
300
Fast food often contains high amounts of Calories, Fat and_____?
What is Sodium (salt)?
300
This dip originated in the Middle East and the main ingredient is chickpeas.
What is hummus?
300

We should aim to include more of these fats in our diet.

What are unsaturated fats?

400

According to Canada’s Food Guide (most recent), how much is one serving of fruit juice?

What is not recommended?

400
This B vitamin is found only in foods from animals.
What is Vitamin B12?
400
An average fast food meal contains approximately this percentage of calories from fat. a) 25% b) 50% c) 75%
What is 50%?
400
Eaten fresh in the summer as a vegetable, it becomes a “grain” when dried out.
What is corn on the cob?
400

This macronutrient is mostly used in our body to build and repair muscle and tissue, but has many other important functions as well.

What is protein? 

500

These two quarters make up the remainder of Canada's Food Guide (My Plate).

What is protein and whole grains foods?

500

Vegetarians often don’t get enough of this vitamin.

What is Vitamin B12?

500
These are the main fat sources found in fast food.
What are saturated fat and trans fat?
500
This famous variety of fruit was discovered in the 1700's by Canadian John MacIntosh.
What is the MacIntosh Apples?
500

What do the HDL and LDL acronyms stand for? 

What are High Density Lipoprotein and Low Density Lipoprotein?